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GA SR945
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/17/2012
Primary Sponsor
Hardie Davis
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AI Summary
- Urges the Georgia Department of Transportation to adopt a comprehensive Complete Streets policy ensuring streets are designed to meet the needs of bicyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, and drivers regardless of age or ability.
- Calls on the GDOT Commissioner to make all reasonable provisions for bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the planning, design, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of all department projects.
- Urges the Commissioner to adopt performance measures in the annual budget report tracking metrics such as pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities, miles of sidewalks or bike lanes constructed, and dollars spent on improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety.
- Cites Georgia's highest-in-the-nation rate of childhood obesity, a growing older population, and the need for community-based transportation options for individuals with disabilities as key justifications for the policy.
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit the resolution to the Georgia Department of Transportation and the secretary of the Department of Transportation Board.
Legislative Description
Georgia Dept. of Transportation; urged to adopt a comprehensive Complete Streets policy
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/17/2012
Committee Referrals
Transportation2/17/2012
Full Bill Text
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